I. Funding - Can we expect a report similar to ACI’s to support and legitimize Aave Lab’s funding request?
Seeing the direct impact of each dollar invested into ACI, Labs, or any other SP for that matter is exactly the kind of verifiable data we all need to inform our decision to support, request adjustment, or reject this funding proposal, and any subsequent ones, regardless of the party asking for funds.
II. IP, Assets, Fees, Revenue streams.
When it comes to restitution of IP and assets to the DAO (via DAO-Owned legal entity), this should take place before any further funding is granted to Labs in my opinion.
Furthermore, when it comes to the rerouting of fees and revenue streams that are flowing to Labs instead of the DAO, the new structure should be designed to remove such a broad and obscure agency given to Labs. Regardless of the all the arguments presented, 100% should mean 100%. If some of the revenue and fees need to be directed towards specific partners or programs, let it happen through governance approval. The main argument being put forth being remaining agile and being quick to move, how quickly are your decisions made? 24h? 72h? A week?… The last two months of involvement from everyone around here shows that things CAN move very fast if need be. Again in my world, 100% means 100%, no fine prints attached.
Lastly, on a personal note:
I’ve been around since beginning. I was there Pre-ICO, met a good part of the genesis team in person, and even put together a few community meet-ups to give presentations about ETHLend. The success of ETHLend, and subsequently Aave were one of the easiest things to foresee in my life… Now, what I couldn’t in a million years have imagined is that the communication and discourse coming from the same person whose main motivation for ETHLend’s creation was to “serve the unbanked”, and who seemed so transparent and benevolent only 9 years ago, would’ve evolved into the current ‘smokes-and-mirror,’ almost-patronizing tone that seems to be the new norm.
Please, moving forward, less B.S., half truths, and smokey write ups, just get to the point, all of us will understand you… and if we’re finally addressed in a direct and transparent manner, who knows..? It might help rebuild the trust that you obliterated in just a couple of months.